PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania volleyball team (6-18, 3-10 Ivy) got back in the win column Friday afternoon, defeating Dartmouth, 3-0, at The Palestra. Penn has won its last three at The Palestra and will close out the season at home Saturday night against Harvard. 

Inside the Numbers - Box Score

* Penn has now won 19 straight at The Palestra against Dartmouth. The last loss came in 1999.

* The Quakers have now won their last three at The Palestra. 

* Parker Jones led the team with 17 kills. The sophomore has hit 35 in her last two matches - her best two game stretch this season. 

* Jones has had success against the Big Green at The Palestra. She hit a career-high 22 in her freshman season and added 17 on Friday afternoon, making it 39 against Dartmouth at home. 

* Raven Sulaimon finished with 12 kills. It's the first time in the last six matches that the team leader in kills has eclipsed double-digits.

* Grace James recorded her fourth double-double of the season. She dished out 38 assists with a career-high 13 digs. 

How it Happened

The Quakers entered the final weekend of Ivy League play looking to finish the season with some momentum. After winning their last two at home, and a long Ivy road trip Penn was glad to be back at The Palestra  for the first time in 28 days. 

Head coach Iain Braddak always talks about the grit of his team and his team showed plenty of it on Friday afternoon. The Red and Blue went down 7-3 early on and trailed by as much as six in the middle of the first set. Down 15-9, the Quakers finally got going. A 5-1 run led by Parker Jones, Raven Sulaimon, and Madison Goldstein pulled the team back within striking distance, but the Big Green pulled away taking a 20-15 lead late. 

Just three points away from going down 1-0, Brooke Behrbaum and Sulaimon sparked the biggest run of the first set. The Quakers won six straight points to take a 24-22 lead. Behrbaum and Sulaimon then closed out the set by teaming up for a block, giving Penn the 25-23 early victory. 

Penn once again fell behind early in the second. The Quakers went down by as much as nine, trailing 14-5 after the set's first 19 points. With two kills from Jones as a part of a 6-1 run, the Red and Blue fought back to 15-11. Behind 23-21 late, kills by Behrbaum, Goldstein, and and ace from Grace James gave Penn set point. An error from Dartmouth and the Quakers took the second set by the same score as the first, 25-23, to go up 2-0. 

The third set was unlike the first and second in the sense that Penn was in control throughout. The Quakers started by taking the first five points and went on to lead 14-4. The Red and Blue led by as much as 11, but Dartmouth pulled back within eight at 21-13. Penn closed out the match with Sulaimon's 12th kill of the afternoon to take the set 25-15 and complete the sweep of the Big Green.